O Me of Little Faith

An Incomplete List of Influences

The following is a random list of things that have played a role in who I am today. I’m listing them, without explanation, in no particular order. Some are good influences. Some are not. (You’ll have to guess which is which.)

• My grandmother’s vintage Scrabble board game

• Actively attending church from as far back as I can remember

• Going camping as a family, with other families, from the time I was 6

• Taco Villa bean burritos

• Living in Amarillo

• Being skinny as a kid

• Atari / IBM PC, Jr. / Nintendo

• The “Bring Out Your Best” Budweiser jingle from the 1980s, which I always hummed to myself as an intensity-builder during basketball games

• My career running the 110-meter hurdles in 7th grade, during which I finished last in all races but one.

• The one time we went camping and I was sad because I hadn’t caught a fish all week, so my dad took me out one last time before we left, just the two of us, and I caught one (I still remember the place, and fished there with him just a couple of years ago)

I made a similar list last year. It's a amazing to go back over what's really shaped each of us. Often it's obvious things – but often it's subtle things.Makes me want to pay attention to how I'm influencing in the small things I do. People who weren't my friends profoundly influenced my life… I wonder if I'm like that to others.-Marshall Jones Jr.

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